{"id":1448,"date":"2013-08-01T07:45:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T14:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2013-08-01T07:45:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T14:45:46","slug":"a-day-of-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/01\/a-day-of-grey\/","title":{"rendered":"A day of grey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Image<\/a>This morning I woke up to grey skies after a glorious\u00a0full\u00a0<\/span>month of sun. \u00a0As I fell asleep last night a storm rumbled up and down the Sound, and I grinned every time the sky lit up. \u00a0Lightning is so rare here, and I love it so much. \u00a0I hate missing a single flash. \u00a0Whenever there’s a storm I sit and watch, usually blinking or looking away just as the next flash happens, and when the show slows down I always think, “Just one more. \u00a0I’ll watch for just one more.” \u00a0Like peanuts. \u00a0Always so hard to drag myself away.<\/p>\n

Last night I dragged myself away by falling asleep, still hearing cracks and rumbles of thunder. \u00a0And that lullaby must have lulled me so deeply asleep that I missed the rain, because the road is damp this morning. \u00a0A sign of just how gorgeous it’s been that I wouldn’t mind some more. The plants are so dry I imagine them gulping in the damp and cooler air. \u00a0I’m sure their toes would like just a little more water to sip.<\/p>\n

The thing that hits me this morning is how silent it is. \u00a0All of the giddy morning bird calls are missing. \u00a0It’s so delicious in the middle of a hot summer to have a change in weather, to take a pause from that summer decadence, put on long pants, think of making something hot and cheesy in the oven, replace thoughts of an evening swim with the possibility of a movie. \u00a0The birds maybe have their own version of this change in thoughts? Do birds sleep in? Do they enjoy the change too, and decide to just put themselves on mute for a morning?<\/p>\n

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I’ve got a great big order of canvases to finish up today so I’ll enjoy the grey, hunker down at my desk without the siren call of the sea pulling me and making me look for sparkles on the water. \u00a0Those sparkles are the sign of a good swimming day. \u00a0(Are there bad swimming days? \u00a0Well yes, yes there are. \u00a0Let’s not get carried away.)<\/p>\n

But I’ll be looking forward to the return of the golden light.\"Image\"<\/a>Evenings swims.\u00a0Writing in my journal under lacy leaves, sitting in a damp bathing suit and chased home by mosquitoes.<\/p>\n

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And until then I’ll just carry the sun inside of me, and keep an eye out for leaks.<\/p>\n

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